blue moon in full flower

paradisi

18 years ago

more than a dozen flowers with another half dozen buds on our "blue moon" which isn't quite blue.

it seems to have gone crazy after the last lot of rain we had

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hollakes
18 years ago
I love the fragrance of this one
Bev
Kiwi_oz
18 years ago
Lots of lovely flowers.We have had a good year with roses, so far.
Heather
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I agree with BlueGirl that Blue Girl (the rose) has survived better in my yard than Blue Moon. Granted they're not in prime locations, given that I prefer to give my lavenders some afternoon shade. However, I've killed Blue Moon 3 times so far, though the first time when I stepped on it wasn't the rose's fault. You'd think both being from Kordes they'd be equivalent, and they do look quite similar. In my world, the edge goes to Blue Girl. I've ordered Blue Moon for the 4th (and I've promised myself last) time, but it seems to be touchier about winter hardiness in my yard. Cynthia
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You know, that's a really compact clump of yucca- instead of fighting it, why not use it along with the cedar and other shrub as winter backbone? They do have nice fragrant white blooms in summer. If it were spread out or a huge clump, i'd fuss with it, but if you're wanting to make life simple... leave it be. I'd say it depends on the compost whether you till it in. If it seems like it has a good bit of earthy stuff for the plants to dig into, then no, but if it's more top dressing stuff, perhaps till in half and top with compost. The quality can vary year to year and by the time of year, depending on what they are shredding and composting. If you're in wake co, you will need to find a truck/hauler to haul it for you, but the compost itself is fairly cheap- like 30 a big truckload full. City runs 2 for 1 specials sometimes, too. Meaning pay for 1 load, get the second free that same day- but you'd still need to pay for hauling. You could do a lasagna type bed- layer on newspaper, ect, and build up with out messing with tilling at all. There's been a good bit posted about it, and there are at least 2 books. It really does work if you have a little patience/time. There is a thread for the swap on the exchanges forum. It should have the where what when info- tho i can tell you quickly it's may 8th, at white deer park in garner. Doesn't matter if you're a newb. We always have some. Just bring some good food and anything you have to spare that you think gardeners could use- pots, hoses, rocks, etc. Even shallow boxes would be appreciated as folks always need them to haul away their new found goodies.
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My wife was the chef. She sprayed them with Pam, sprinkled them with Everglades seasoning and cooked them in the oven at 300 degrees for about 30 minutes. Yummy! They weren't really white. After the yellow petals fell off I brushed off the smaller flowers on each seed and just left them hang for another few weeks. The end product was your typical white with black tips and stripes. They were really nice plants and some were over 8 feet tall before they fell over. Mammoth Russian.
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greencroc
18 years ago
Lovely rose Blue Moon the perfume brilliant Bev mentioned it,that is a good little tree,plenty of flowers,nice light colour,greencroc.
goldhills
18 years ago
Pretty rose. You have such an interesting looking garden and a lot of variety. Love to see some more.
paradisi
Original Author
18 years ago
goldhills - I'll get some more pictures up just for you :-)
(if your serious)

behind the rose is a mulberry then a luffa growing up the fish tail palm, a couple of monstera, a giant stag; a pumkin and cucumbers growing up the chook wire as well as some moon flowers and the last of some purple beans. Theres some cosmos in the background next to the nectarine.
the silver leafed plant is a curry bush and to the right of that is the star apple seedling and a hippie.

all of the back yard is covered by half a paperbark that was mulched by the electricity people a few months back

here's alist of the fruit trees growing at the moment:

black mulberry
lychee
longan
loquat
orange (washington navel I think)
lemon
bush lemon
feijoa
mango (seedling)
ice cream bean
cashew (the apple is a fruit - another seedling)
nectarine
lady finger bananas
jaboticoba
midyim berry
fuschia
brasilian cherry (seedling)
tamarillo (seedling)
pepino
star apple (seedling)
paw paw
red grapefruit
carambola
olive
grapes (merlot and red globe)
passionfruit - panama red crossed with nelly kelly as well as a couple of native wild passionfruit (small black one and small yellow one) and some granadilla seeds waiting to sprout.
cape gooseberry
strawberries
and I'm waiting for some coffe and spanish cherry seeds to sprout
Jan_Willem_John
18 years ago
Nice Bev I will post mine in a minute I forgot to include them with the other roses.
JWB
goldhills
18 years ago
Yes, I'm serious. It sounds interesting and I'm amazed at how much you fit in. It sounds like you can have a good feed.

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